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• Jans Jonk († 2022)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1959)
• Jan (Oenes) van den Bosch († 1964)
• Maria Helena Henrica Penders, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Heiltje Jacoba Heijstek, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Veronique Beurms, Nieuwpoort, België († 2003)
• Lucia Jacintha Maria Hogervorst, 's-Gravenhage († 2014)
• Johan Cornelis Renssen, Marienburg, Suriname
• Karien Cecile Termote, Roeselare († 2019)
• N.n. Woldhuis, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)

• Anthonia Nederstigt (83), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Alderts (56), Leeuwarden,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Arie De Jong (75), Linschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kaptein (75), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Anna Hubertina Philomena Berghmans (81), Gronsveld
• Anne Pieters Mast (75)
• Aloïsius Alfonsus Willemen (69), Ekeren-Laar
• Antonie Felkers (76), Den Helder
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Helsen (75), Hooge Mierde, 5095, Nederland
• Barend de Wit (67), Dordrecht

• 1957 » Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
• 1957 » Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1959 » Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author
• 1959 » Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1960 » Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager
• 1960 » Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager
• 1960 » Nicola Bryant, English actress
• 1960 » Randy Breuer, American basketball player
• 1961 » Neil Buchanan, English guitarist
• 1961 » Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster

• 1958 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
• 1976 » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Hendrik
6. Willem
7. Robert
8. Gerrit
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. Paul
13. Dirk
14. David
15. Adrianus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Yvonne
9. Adriana
10. Hendrika
11. Ingrid
12. Margaretha
13. Petronella
14. Linda
15. Karin
16. Anita

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
• February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
• July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
• November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.

The temperature on October 11, 1959 was between 7.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.